Seasonal Distribution of Ticks in Four Habitats near the Demilitarized Zone, Gyeonggi-do (Province), Republic of Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2013.51.3.319
- Author:
Sung Tae CHONG
1
;
Heung Chul KIM
;
In Yong LEE
;
Thomas M KOLLARS
;
Alfredo R SANCHO
;
William J SAMES
;
Joon Seok CHAE
;
Terry A KLEIN
Author Information
1. 5th Medical Detachment, 168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 65th Medical Brigade, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, USA.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Haemaphysalis;
Ixodes;
tick;
seasonal distribution;
habitats;
Korea
- MeSH:
Animals;
Demography;
*Ecosystem;
Republic of Korea;
*Seasons;
Ticks/*classification/*physiology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2013;51(3):319-325
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study describes the seasonal distribution of larvae, nymph, and adult life stages for 3 species of ixodid ticks collected by tick drag and sweep methods from various habitats in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Grasses less than 0.5 m in height, including herbaceous and crawling vegetation, and deciduous, conifer, and mixed forests with abundant leaf/needle litter were surveyed at United States (US) and ROK operated military training sites and privately owned lands near the demilitarized zone from April-October, 2004 and 2005. Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann adults and nymphs were more frequently collected from April-August, while those of Haemaphysalis flava Neumann and Ixodes nipponensis Kitaoka and Saito were collected more frequently from April-July and again during October. H. longicornis was the most frequently collected tick in grass habitats (98.9%), while H. flava was more frequently collected in deciduous (60.2%) and conifer (57.4%) forest habitats. While more H. flava (54.1%) were collected in mixed forest habitats than H. longicornis (35.2%), the differences were not significant. I. nipponensis was more frequently collected from conifer (mean 8.8) compared to deciduous (3.2) and mixed (2.4) forests.
